When a Nerve Cell Fires in Your Big Toe, It

question 13

Multiple Choice

When a nerve cell fires in your big toe, it is an interaction of positive and negative ions in the membrane of the nerve cell. This membrane has structural similarities to

• A) a point charge.
• B) oppositely charged parallel plates.
• C) a dipole.
• D) a solid block of positive ions embedded with a few impurities in the form of negative ions.

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